Dadar railway station is one of the major interchange railway stations of Mumbai Suburban Railway. It serves the Dadar area in Mumbai, India.
This railway station lies on both the Central line named as Dadar Central with station code DR and Western line named as Dadar Western with station code DDR. It's also a terminal for Mumbai Suburban Railway as well as Indian Railways.[1]
Two roads are passes through parallel in the vicinity of Dadar railway station which is Senapati Bapat Marg on the Westside and Lakhamsi Nappu Road on the Eastside.
Dadar railway station has 15 platforms, In that, 7 platforms consist of the Western side which is two platforms of the slow suburban route, three platforms of the fast suburban route and the last two platforms are the terminus of the Suburban and Long Distance trains which are also known as Dadar Midtown Terminus.[2][3]
The remaining 8 platforms consist of the Central line, which is of three platforms on the slow suburban route with middle-slow suburban terminal, three platforms are on the fast suburban route with middle-fast suburban terminal, and the last two platforms are the terminus of long-distance trains which is also known as Dadar Central Terminus or Dadar Terminus.
This railway station is well connected with multiple walkways and bridges for easier access of passengers crossing on both sides.[4]
Dadar is the busiest railway station on the Mumbai Suburban Railway network with an average of 211,888 passengers begins their journey from this station per day contributing ₹1,059,440 (US$13,000) of average daily revenue.[7]
In October 2012, CR announced plans to cease long-distance train services terminating at Dadar on the Central side within 5–6 years. The load would be transferred to Lokmanya Tilak Terminus (LTT) by upgrading the number of platforms at LTT from five to 12.[8]
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